Michael Jackson started a âm nhạc career at the age of five. Being in a band with his brothers ( called “ The Jackson Five” and later on “The Jacksons”) and his father being their strict manager, this has caused Michael to immensely miss out on his entire childhood. This means he missed out on a lot of opportunities of a regular childhood most people get to experience during their time as a kid such as playing outside, going to the park, going out for halloween, celebrating holidays and birthdays, etc because being a child ngôi sao at almost the beginning of his life (like many child stars), he didn’t have time to do any of those things because of always having to rehearse everyday after school and perform almost every night.
It is clear that his Mất tích childhood affects him so much psychologically in every way because he wasn’t được trao the time to experience it in a way that would benefit his development as he grows up into adulthood. Joe Jackson has been described as being the backbone of the family. He had strong dreams for his family such as for them to dominate the âm nhạc charts which caused him to push his children to the point of perfection and eventually into fame (which may have been one of the sources to cause psychological damage in Michael) and Michael grew to be very afraid of him which means that he did not have a positive relationship hoặc bond with his father but however this wasn’t the case with his mother.
As a child, Michael has always been extremely compassionate (especially towards động vật considering the fact that he made a con chuột his friend and called it Ben) and he seemed to have grown to be extremely sensitive as well. It is strongly possible that during a very young and vulnerable time of his childhood, he picked these traits up from his mother (Katherine Jackson) especially because of the way he looked up to her, the way he was so close to her and admired her. Katherine Jackson is described as always being supportive, gentle, warm, loving, and compassionate in her human nature (especially towards her children). She always taught her children to be kind and loving, she helped those who were in need and it is possible that Michael wanted to be just like his mother and give to others the way she did. His mother seems to be the key highlight to the start of his humanitarian career. It is possible that she has been his inspiration to become a humanitarian and dedicate his time working on helping those in need and making the world a better place. In his book Moonwalk ( which was published in 1988), he spends a great deal talking about the tình yêu and admiration he had for his mother. He even mentions in the book about how she helped a homeless man when everyone else turned him down. He even mentioned to his mother that he wanted to help end starvation in Africa and help the children since it was a major issue at the time in Africa.
As somebody who recently received a bachelor's degree in Psychology (as well as an associates), I have studied the importance of childhood and how the parents shape a child's development, how extremely important it was for children to be able to experience a regular childhood as they are developing psychologically and physically into adults.I also looked into lots of research on how child fame led to psychological disturbances (such as trauma, depression, hoặc even substance abuse) as the child grows into an adult. This is mainly because childhood is one of the most vulnerable stages of human development as the brain is still growing and developing until the child reaches their mid-20s. As a child bạn are being shaped bởi your environment, the people bạn interact with such as your peers and as well your parents (as they are the main source). It is clear that childhood fame and Michael's relationship with his parents played a role in his psychological development (especially his mother who clearly inspired him to want to help those in need and influenced him to grow into a compassionate human being and because of the abuse he received from his father it is clear it psychologically damaged him but it didn't stop him from caring hoặc growing up to be somebody's hero, the world's hero).
During his time as a humanitarian, Michael had a generous amount of interest in aiding with many global issues such as AIDS, cancer, children’s welfare, and starvation. Michael was also very passionate in helping children who were suffering and did not want them to endure losing their childhood as he did because of the long term psychological damage it has left him. He cared very much for the well being of children such as those who were living in poverty and those who were terminally ill. In fact, Michael Jackson was granting the wishes of terminally ill children during his own personal time. Michael Jackson was involved in an organization called “Make a Wish foundation” which was a non-profit organization that was used to grant the wishes of terminally ill children. Michael Jackson was the first to grant “ Make a Wish” in Wisconsin. One terminally ill patient (who made the first wish) who was diagnosed with a brain tumour at age six was Tina Scharf. At age eleven, she had huge dreams of wanting to meet Michael Jackson thêm than anything. In 1984, “Make-a-Wish” sent her from Wisconsin to New Jersey to meet Michael Jackson and see him in concert. Meeting Michael Jackson allowed her to forget about the pain her cancer was causing her and the treatment she had to go through. Meeting Michael Jackson in person and seeing him in buổi hòa nhạc gave her so much hope and strength to fight her cancer. She was 11 years old when she met him at the time. Doctors predicted that she wasn’t going to live past 12 years old but however, she was able to live past age 12 and unfortunately passed away in 2014 at age 29. In the documentary “Humanitarian- The Real Michael Jackson” Her mother suggested that meeting Michael Jackson gave Tina hope and allowed her to become stronger during her battle with cancer.
Michael has supported dozens of charities including USA for Africa, Make-a-Wish Foundation, and the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. He is also best known as a humanitarian for his song “ We Are the World” which was released in 1985 in response to many people and children dying from starvation in Africa and there being a shortage of food. “ We Are the World” was produced bởi Michael Jackson and Lional Richie and it was used to raise millions of dollars towards famine relief in Africa. Many âm nhạc stars have gathered to help Michael and Lional record the song. Since the release of the record, We are The World has raised over a hundred and fifty million dollars for African relief and helping them to put an end to starvation. During his free time, Michael Jackson has visited many hospitals and donated to many charities. Because of his contributions, he was able to save many lives and especially the lives of young children.
In 1984, Michael Jackson was filming a Pepsi commercial at the time (which resulted in his hair catching on ngọn lửa, chữa cháy and having a severe burn go to his scalp). After this incident had happened, he was taken to Brotman Medical Centre to be treated. This was a very traumatic experience that changed his life forever. During his time in the hospital, he would go around the hospital to visit burn victims and has eventually donated 1.5 million dollars to the hospital. During 1984, Michael Jackson’s humanitarian work had also received recognition after receiving an award from President Ronald Reagen for supporting drug and alcohol charities.
In 1984, a boy named Ryan White was diagnosed with aids at the age of 13 after he received a blood transfusion for hemophilia. Because of his condition, thêm recognition and awareness was brought about AIDS. Michael Jackson met and befriended Ryan White in 1989. He spent lots of time with him, provided him with lots of tình yêu and brought him gifts (including a 1989 giống ngựa rừng ở mể tây cơ, mustang when he found out that it was his yêu thích car). In 1990, Ryan White had passed away and Michael had attended his funeral. Michael had written and dedicated a song to him called “Gone too Soon” as well as created a video for him.
In 1992, Michael Jackson created Heal the World foundation which provided aid overseas. He has also allowed need and terminally ill children to stay over his trang chủ at Neverland Ranch. He had strong goals in making sure that these children were able to forget about the pain they were feeling and still be able to experience their childhood as much as they possibly could. He wanted to make sure that these children felt loved and cared for. Because of his Mất tích childhood, he didn’t want any child to feel the way he did. He was extremely passionate about children and the well being of them. He felt extremely close with children because he felt that they understood him thêm than most adults could and he didn’t feel judged bởi them. He created Neverland Ranch in order to give needy kids a place to go and so that they would not lose their childhood.
Michael Jackson donated to many charities and had a strong passion in helping those in need, especially children. He visited many hospitals and has saved many lives through his dedication and continuous support regardless of how much pain he was in due to extreme traumas he has experienced throughout his entire life. To many all over the world he is considered to be the world's biggest superstar and to others he is also considered as a hero (as well as a humanitarian and even a philotrophian). These are one of the many things he has done outside of his âm nhạc career and even through his music, he has written many songs about healing the planet and nghề viết văn many songs to inspire people ( including songs that would help heal those who were in need and needed to feel tình yêu as well as understood). His main message throughout both his âm nhạc and humanitarian work was all about tình yêu as well as bringing peace, unity, and healing to all people.
